Technical Documentation: QL-Win/QuickLook
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Overview (`README.md`)
QuickLook
💡 The Problem
| ### Ever wished Windows had macOS's Quick Look?
You know the drill: you want to peek at a file, so you double-click, wait for an app to launch, view the file, close the app... exhausting, right?
macOS users? They just press Space. Instant preview. Any file.
Now Windows has it too. 🎉
QuickLook brings that buttery-smooth, instant-preview experience to Windows. No more waiting. No more opening heavy applications just to peek at a document. | ```
WITHOUT QuickLook:
┌─────────────────┐
│ 1. Double click │
│ 2. Wait... │
│ 3. App loads │
│ 4. View file │
│ 5. Close app │
└─────────────────┘
⏱️ ~10 seconds
WITH QuickLook:
┌─────────────────┐
│ 1. Press SPACE │
│ 2. Done! ✨ │
└─────────────────┘
⚡ ~0.2 seconds
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## 🚀 Superpowers
| ### ⚡️ **Lightning Speed**
**Instant previews** with zero lag
Native performance that feels like magic
Hardware-accelerated rendering | ### 🎨 **Gorgeous Design**
**Fluent Design System** integration
Beautiful on 4K displays
Touch-optimized interface | ### 🌈 **100+ Formats**
Images, videos, documents, code
**3D models**, archives, fonts
Extensible with plugins |
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| #### 📸 **Visual Files**
- 🖼️ Images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, RAW)
- 🎬 Videos (MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV)
- 🎨 Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI)
- 📐 3D Models (OBJ, STL, FBX)
- 🎭 Animated GIFs & APNGs
#### 📄 **Documents**
- 📝 PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- 📋 Text files with syntax highlighting
- 📊 Markdown with live rendering
- 📜 E-books (EPUB, MOBI)
- 📑 Comics (CBZ, CBR) | #### 💻 **Developer Files**
- 🐍 Python, JavaScript, C++, Rust
- 🌐 HTML, CSS, JSON, XML
- ⚙️ Config files (YAML, TOML, INI)
- 📦 Archives (ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR)
- 🔧 Binary files with hex view
#### 🎵 **Media**
- 🎵 Audio (MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC)
- 🎼 Sheet music
- 🎨 Fonts (TTF, OTF, WOFF)
- 🖌️ Vector graphics (SVG, EPS)
- 📹 Subtitles (SRT, ASS) |
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## 📦 Get Started
### ⚡ Quick Start in 10 Seconds
| ```
Step 1️⃣ Install QuickLook
↓
Step 2️⃣ It runs automatically
↓
Step 3️⃣ Select any file
↓
Step 4️⃣ Press SPACE
↓
Step 5️⃣ 🎉 Magic happens!
``` | **💡 Pro Tips:**
- QuickLook lives in your system tray
- Works with **any file** in File Explorer
- Use arrow keys to preview multiple files
- Press `Esc` or `Space` again to close
- Drag files directly from the preview! |
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## ⌨️ Master the Shortcuts
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## 🧩 Extend
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## 💖 Community
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## 🙏 Credits
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## 📜 License
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### Overview (`QuickLook.Common/README.md`)
[](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/blob/master/QuickLook.Common/LICENSE) [](https://nuget.org/packages/QuickLook.Common)
# QuickLook.Common
This repository holds the common library of QuickLook. The library is shared among all QuickLook projects.
## Plugin development update
QuickLook.Common no longer requires submodule-based development for QuickLook plugins.
If your plugin project previously used this repository as a git submodule, remove it with:
```bash
git submodule deinit -f QuickLook.Common
git rm -f QuickLook.CommonThen switch to NuGet dependency:
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